After months of waiting it was finally time for my first Me & My Shadow dance class. It is for 2 & 3 year old girls and boys and a parent to start learning about dancing. Since it was my first day both Mommy and Daddy went with me. There were about 10 other kids in class. We Read More
Archive for October, 2009
News, News, and More News
October 31st, 2009 by Cacophony to Symphony
Sorry for keeping you guys in suspense for so long, I wanted to be certain of everything before I posted about it. Now I am, so read on… I know a lot of people mentioned that external equipment can often be the source of having an unusual amount of trouble with hearing. Whether it be Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Celebrations
October 31st, 2009 by The Energy of X
healthy lungs G and I spent our sixth wedding anniversary hosting a lunch time gathering for X’s second birthday. Celebrating our beautiful son with some of the people who have supported us through our difficult beginning seemed like the most appropriate thing to do, considering how much Read More
Posted in ASL, Hearing Loss |
FINALLY! Ava has her new processors!
October 31st, 2009 by For the Love of Ava
Ava picked up her new Nucleus 5 processors yesterday. They are very sleek and much thinner than the Freedoms. The reason Ava was able to get the upgrade was because she was implanted with the Nucleus 5 back in March as part of the study. Now that the N5 processors have been released, Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Get on the band wagon -
October 31st, 2009 by Just Another Ordinary Miracle
Okay- Here are all of the things that are in the works over here in Ivey Land. Help us out if you can, if not cheer us on. I count my blessings with her and love all of the things about her they may take a little extra time and effort. Number one must: Introduce yourself to Ivey before you Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid |
Happy Halloween!!!
October 31st, 2009 by Eva Nichole
Yesterday Eva had trick or treating at school, she was alittle crabby at 1st but after she saw I was there and she seen more lights and decorations she was much happier. She came home with a big bag of treats. Today the weather is chilly and I am not sure if she is going to go trick or treating Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid |
Negligence and Story Ideas?
October 31st, 2009 by Misadventures of the Young and Hard of Hearing
I am sorry to say that I’ve been neglecting this blog. I havent written in nearly 2 weeks. I’ve been busy trying to figure out how to get a job, how to raise more money for the Walk for Hearing, and what I should write for National Novel Writing Month. (Be prepared for more negligence Read More
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing |
Of Long Car Rides and Earmolds
October 31st, 2009 by Say What?
Nolan would much rather fly to Buffalo. We drove up to Buffalo to make impressions for new earmolds yesterday. The actual appointment was quite uneventful, with the standard pink goo and disassembling of every puzzle in our audiologist’s office. The car ride to and from Buffalo, however, Read More
Posted in AVT, Hard-of-Hearing |
The dire state of Welsh deaf access (II)
October 31st, 2009 by At The Rim
Deaf people in Wales can stop worrying about their health services. They may feel as if they are marginalised and denied access. But that is set to change. The Assembly has established a Sensory Impairment in Healthcare Steering Group, and officials will help the RNID hold a workshop… in Read More
Posted in Deaf |
T is for Thomas
October 31st, 2009 by Our journey to the hearing world
Whew..I haven’t posted in awhile. Things have been kind of hectic around here ~ too much to get into now! Yesterday was such a beautiful day. End of October and it was almost 75 ~ a rare treat here. Of course, this morning its chilly, rainy and cloudy ~ ugh! I wish the nice weather Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
The dire state of British Medical Health support (I)
October 31st, 2009 by At The Rim
Continuing to highlight the dire state of deaf access in the United Kingdom… Communication with a GP is difficult for more than half of deaf patients More than half of deaf and hearing impaired patients say they regularly face difficulties in communicating with their GP surgery, according Read More
Posted in Deaf |
Not Blind Or Deaf Enough To Play Helen Keller ?
October 31st, 2009 by At The Rim
Abigail Breslin Is Not Blind Or Deaf Enough To Play Helen Keller. More rumblings with deaf people annoyed at hearing portraying them…. How deaf is deaf ? That’s what an advocacy group called The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts screamed after they heard Abigail Breslin is going Read More
Posted in Deaf |
Happy Halloween!!! Sticky Situation…
October 31st, 2009 by An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Implant Story
When facing a single tree, if you look at a single one of its red leaves, you will not see all the others. When the eye is not set on one leaf, and you face the tree with nothing at all in mind, any number of leaves are visible to the eye without limit. But if a single leaf holds the eye, it Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
All Hallows Eve
October 30th, 2009 by Southern Babies
Tomorrow is Halloween! I can’t wait to share pictures of the kids in their costumes! Looking back at the week, it was very quiet. Our hearing teacher was sick and cancelled so we only had physical therapy this week. At PT they cast her for new braces. They will both be high braces Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
This Is Who I Am
October 30th, 2009 by Hear the Sound
Sometimes a dream can seem so real that when you wake up you wonder if it happened. I had a dream like that last night and what I dreamt is impossible, but it seemed so real. I dreamt that my husband was leaving for work, on his way down the stair he said over his shoulder, “Good-bye,” and I Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
Kentucky Deaf Activism
October 30th, 2009 by Smashing Down The Door
Hello Folks: I know I’ve been quiet for a while, but I had my personal reasons. Hopefully everyone is gearing up to have a happy and safe Halloween! I’m writing this post tonight to talk about an issue that is near and dear to me, namely, the deaf and hard of hearing community Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf |
Halloween- CI Style!
October 30th, 2009 by The CI Circle News
Lera’s Mom strikes again! …Hi. For Lera’s Halloween party at school, we turned her CI headpieces into spiders. Very silly, I know. : ) I took 4 black pipecleaners and cut them in half. I put wig tape on each of her headpieces and attached 4 pipecleaners in the middle to make 8 Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Fall Festival
October 30th, 2009 by Cochlear Kids
This “thing” was really a person walking on all fours on stilts! Sorry all I had was the camera phone, but I was a little freaked out by this. poor quality sorry! Here you see Gage going down one of those jumpy things. The gym was full of jumparoos………great! Anyone Read More
Posted in Audiology, Cochlear Implant |
Trouble with hearing aids
October 30th, 2009 by Gravity Check
For the last few weeks we’ve been having a lot of trouble with Queen Teen’s hearing aids. Her new ear molds were tight and very hard to insert into her ears. I thought it was because they were new, but when Queen Teen complained of pain, and those complaints didn’t go away after Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
Little Miss Sunshine meets The Miracle Worker
October 30th, 2009 by the DeafBlog
<img alt=”Abigail Breslin.jpg” src=”http://www.thedeafblog.co.uk/Abigail%20Breslin.jpg” width=”130″ height=”80″ Helen Keller is to be revived on Broadway next year, in a stage version of The Miracle Worker. Keller will be played by 12yr old Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Dreams of a Four Year Old
October 30th, 2009 by Tayten Matthew
I have to write these down before I forget. I think it is amazing that he has the capability to tell me about his dreams! The very first Mom I contacted when researching cochlear implants left me with not much hope. She had a lot of great advice, but I am not sure if she didn’t want me to Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
The Autumns In My Life
October 30th, 2009 by Five String Guitar
Autumn is a favorite time of year for me. I love the colours, love the not-so- sweltering heat, and enjoy the crispness and frangrent scents that the earth offers up for the senses, before Mother Nature sheds her annual skins of summer and bares down for a long and white winter nap. There is Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
How the acoustics campaign victory woz won
October 30th, 2009 by Campaigning for deaf children
Well, it’s been two weeks now since we won the campaign victory on acoustics and the Government announced a package of measures to improve acoustics in new schools. So how did it all happen? Having mused and reflected upon it, here are what I think were the five key ingredients behind the Read More
Posted in Deaf, Uncategorized |
Money Talks on Broadway
October 30th, 2009 by About.com Deafness
Again, a hearing (and in this case, seeing) actor has been cast in a high-profile role, this time on Broadway. The role is that of the young Helen Keller in a remake of the Miracle Worker. The producer said he had to hire a well-known star (Abigail Breslin) because he needed the power of a star Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Trick or Treat
October 30th, 2009 by Krull Family 5
Love this example of brotherly love. Our own little “Bob the Builder” Another year of trick or treat. This year was extra fun because Jordan was able to participate. He was such a trooper, walked most of the way. He was afraid that if he rode in the stroller he would not get the Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Another Blast From the Past – Jamie’s 1990 Statement
October 29th, 2009 by Caption Action 2
In 1990, when the Television Decoder Circuitry Act was working its way through Congress, Jamie wrote and submitted her own statement to Capitol Hill. Jamie did not testify on the Hill; she submitted her statement in response to a call for public comments. Here is what Jamie wrote. As you read the Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
any suggestions…
October 29th, 2009 by Do you hear that?
we have trouble with logan wearing any kind of helmet…baseball helmet, bike helmet, etc. because he has bilateral implants. he can usually wear a helmet, with just one implant on, but both him and I prefer that he wear both (especially outside when he is riding his bike). have any of you Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Lottery brings helping hand for deaf community in Leicester
October 29th, 2009 by the DeafBlog
New opportunities are set to blossom for hard-to-reach deaf people and their families in Leicester, following a cash injection of £243,900 from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG). The HearNow project is celebrating news of a grant from BIG’s Reaching Communities programme, which aims to help those Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Gambia Deaf Preschool
October 28th, 2009 by About.com Deafness
A Gambian news source has an interview with the director of a nursery school for deaf children ages four to seven. (She is also the director of Gambia’s association for deaf and hard of hearing). In the interview, she says that although many parents can not afford to pay the school fees, Read More
